Magdeburg's Regional Court has found a 51-year-old psychiatrist from Saudi Arabia guilty of murder for driving a rental car into a crowd at the Christmas market in the eastern city in 2024.
The judge sentenced the defendant to life in prison and said that the German equivalent of a first-degree murder charge in the US — known in German as particular severity of guilt — had been established. This makes the possibilty of early parole less likely.
The verdict can still be appealed.
In addition to six counts of murder, the man was convicted of multlple cases of attempted murder and aggravated bodily harm.
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